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First Quotes

"It was weird because I'd only been in L.A. for about six months and I had my first feature."

"It was weird because I'd only been in L.A. for about six months and I had my first feature."

Matthew McGrory, American Actor

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"Australian SF book publishing has undergone a boom recently, and sometimes it's easier for new writers to sell a book to a local publisher first, which then makes a US edition more likely."

"Australian SF book publishing has undergone a boom recently, and sometimes it's easier for new writers to sell a book to a local publisher first, which then makes a US edition more likely."

Greg Egan, Australian Scientist

First, Publishing, Writers

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"When Seymour saw me seated at the piano at that first rehearsal, he shouted: 'What's that kid doing here? Call your piano player and let's get started.'"

"When Seymour saw me seated at the piano at that first rehearsal, he shouted: 'What's that kid doing here? Call your piano player and let's get started.'"

Mary Lou Williams, American Musician

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"When I got my first guitar my fingers wouldn't go to the sixth string so I took off the big E and played with just five strings. I was only 6 or 7."

"When I got my first guitar my fingers wouldn't go to the sixth string so I took off the big E and played with just five strings. I was only 6 or 7."

Les Paul, American Musician

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"My first album is like a terrible John Hammond album, with drums."

"My first album is like a terrible John Hammond album, with drums."

Warren Zevon, American Musician

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"And it wasn't until '84 when I was first asked to come to Sweden and do an album and concert tour."

"And it wasn't until '84 when I was first asked to come to Sweden and do an album and concert tour."

Wanda Jackson, American Musician

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"I think we were the first picture to cut on Final Cut Pro. So we were the guinea pigs, because we got a deal on the system. But with that comes all sorts of technological problems I couldn't begin to describe."

"I think we were the first picture to cut on Final Cut Pro. So we were the guinea pigs, because we got a deal on the system. But with that comes all sorts of technological problems I couldn't begin to describe."

Griffin Dunne, American Actor

First, Problems

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"First of all - I only believe what I see."

"First of all - I only believe what I see."

Moira Kelly, American Actress

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"I'm very fast on teaching guys. Like, when I came over here, I only had two rehearsals with the band. I wondered when I first got here... but it sure came up great."

"I'm very fast on teaching guys. Like, when I came over here, I only had two rehearsals with the band. I wondered when I first got here... but it sure came up great."

Ike Turner, American Musician

First, Teaching

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"Beanie and Cecil was the first cartoon I remember watching and I think there are analogies."

"Beanie and Cecil was the first cartoon I remember watching and I think there are analogies."

Joel Hodgson, American Entertainer

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"My first review for the TV movie The Bionic Showdown said I was as interesting as a bus ride."

"My first review for the TV movie The Bionic Showdown said I was as interesting as a bus ride."

Sandra Bullock, American Actress

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"If anybody says he can think about quantum physics without getting giddy, that only shows he has not understood the first thing about them."

"If anybody says he can think about quantum physics without getting giddy, that only shows he has not understood the first thing about them."

Niels Bohr, Danish Physicist

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"World Play is very '70s arena rock, very raw and in your face, and that's what we wanted. We recorded it in a very off-the-cuff manner and didn't really plan out how we were going to play. My solos are first takes."

"World Play is very '70s arena rock, very raw and in your face, and that's what we wanted. We recorded it in a very off-the-cuff manner and didn't really plan out how we were going to play. My solos are first takes."

Neil Schon, American Musician

First, Play, World

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"It was during a cosmetic procedure that I first had painkillers."

"It was during a cosmetic procedure that I first had painkillers."

Jamie Lee Curtis, American Actress

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"If I ever woke up with a dead hooker in my hotel room, Matt would be the first person I'd call."

"If I ever woke up with a dead hooker in my hotel room, Matt would be the first person I'd call."

Ben Affleck, American Actor

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"I think my first album opened a lot of doors for me to push the freedom of speech to the limit."

"I think my first album opened a lot of doors for me to push the freedom of speech to the limit."

Eminem, American Musician

First, Freedom, Speech

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"Robert Fripp and I will be recording another LP very soon. It should be even more monotonous than the first one!"

"Robert Fripp and I will be recording another LP very soon. It should be even more monotonous than the first one!"

Brian Eno, British Musician

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"I did a picture for the First Barbie doll box."

"I did a picture for the First Barbie doll box."

Heather O'Rourke, American Actress

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"Our very first gig in Melbourne was a confrontation."

"Our very first gig in Melbourne was a confrontation."

Santiago Durango, American Musician

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"I think my first instrument was a ukulele that they gave me. I used to know how to play that pretty well."

"I think my first instrument was a ukulele that they gave me. I used to know how to play that pretty well."

Don Henley, American Musician

First, Play, Pretty

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"It's the first villain that I've played in a movie that has absolutely no vulnerability and no innocence, nothing whatsoever that is likeable about her other than she's so bad."

"It's the first villain that I've played in a movie that has absolutely no vulnerability and no innocence, nothing whatsoever that is likeable about her other than she's so bad."

Daryl Hannah, American Actress

First, Innocence, Nothing, Vulnerability

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"The first play I saw was a Samuel Beckett play which was great."

"The first play I saw was a Samuel Beckett play which was great."

Val Kilmer, American Actor

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"I can remember sittin' in a cafe when I first started in rodeo, and waitin' until somebody got done so I could finish what they left."

"I can remember sittin' in a cafe when I first started in rodeo, and waitin' until somebody got done so I could finish what they left."

Chris LeDoux, American Musician

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"Our first priority is our kids."

"Our first priority is our kids."

Kirk Cameron, American Actor

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"My first recording, a guy came down to Philadelphia and heard me play and he introduced me to Alfred Lion."

"My first recording, a guy came down to Philadelphia and heard me play and he introduced me to Alfred Lion."

Jimmy Smith, American Musician

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"I didn't have a clue where I was going on my first lap of practice."

"I didn't have a clue where I was going on my first lap of practice."

Joey Dunlop, Irish Celebrity

First, Practice

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"Clark Gable was the first to have called me a mermaid."

"Clark Gable was the first to have called me a mermaid."

Esther Williams, American Actress

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"When we first began, we didn't have any hits."

"When we first began, we didn't have any hits."

Diana Ross, American Actress

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"Even at the last minute we were still debating what was gonna be released as the first single."

"Even at the last minute we were still debating what was gonna be released as the first single."

Meg White, American Musician

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"I think first impressions are important when you pick up a script."

"I think first impressions are important when you pick up a script."

Dennis Farina, American Actor

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"By that point, I had started taking singing lessons. And after the first session, I mean, I was surprised that the windows didn't shatter. And after the third session, I really didn't know where this voice had come from."

"By that point, I had started taking singing lessons. And after the first session, I mean, I was surprised that the windows didn't shatter. And after the third session, I really didn't know where this voice had come from."

Gerard Butler, Scottish Actor

First, Singing, Voice, Windows

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"In 1972, I got my first electric bass and started playing the kind of instrument I play now. I found that the majority of musicians couldn't bear that. They are not used to listening to the bass because they think the bass is in the background to support them."

"In 1972, I got my first electric bass and started playing the kind of instrument I play now. I found that the majority of musicians couldn't bear that. They are not used to listening to the bass because they think the bass is in the background to support them."

Eberhard Weber, German Musician

First, Listening, Majority, Musicians

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"When we first met, I was trying to put a band together. I asked around at school for other guys who wanted to play in a band. Someone told me about a juvenile delinquent they knew who played bongos."

"When we first met, I was trying to put a band together. I asked around at school for other guys who wanted to play in a band. Someone told me about a juvenile delinquent they knew who played bongos."

Wayne Kramer, American Musician

First, Play, School, Trying

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"Joe Louis was one of my first heroes."

"Joe Louis was one of my first heroes."

Robert Goulet, American Musician

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"The first reason for starting to do the symphony concerts was to play this new piece of mine."

"The first reason for starting to do the symphony concerts was to play this new piece of mine."

Gerry Mulligan, American Musician

First, Play, Reason

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"A lot of the advertisement is done by saying: first of all, have a complex about who you are."

"A lot of the advertisement is done by saying: first of all, have a complex about who you are."

Isabella Rossellini, Italian Actress

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"My first Macintosh was a 128k machine which I upgraded to 512k the minute it became possible."

"My first Macintosh was a 128k machine which I upgraded to 512k the minute it became possible."

Buffy Sainte-Marie, Canadian Singer

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"If you think before you speak the other guy gets his joke in first."

"If you think before you speak the other guy gets his joke in first."

Jimmy Nail, English Actor

4

"Sometimes I wish the girl would make the first move."

"Sometimes I wish the girl would make the first move."

Devon Werkheiser, American Actor

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"I was really conscious of that when I went in because I felt that I was pretty solid on the first one, but I didn't have the groove exactly where I wanted it."

"I was really conscious of that when I went in because I felt that I was pretty solid on the first one, but I didn't have the groove exactly where I wanted it."

John Otto, American Musician

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"I was skeptical about doing Texas Chainsaw at first because it's such a cult classic. I'd seen some of the sequels and was not a fan of those."

"I was skeptical about doing Texas Chainsaw at first because it's such a cult classic. I'd seen some of the sequels and was not a fan of those."

Jessica Biel, American Actress

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"The way it works: The orchestra plays a few selections of its own and I terminate the first part of the programme on piano, usually with a movement from a Mozart concerto."

"The way it works: The orchestra plays a few selections of its own and I terminate the first part of the programme on piano, usually with a movement from a Mozart concerto."

George Shearing, British Musician

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"My report card always said, 'Jim finishes first and then disrupts the other students'."

"My report card always said, 'Jim finishes first and then disrupts the other students'."

Jim Carrey, Canadian Comedian

First, Students

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"I was a guitar player first off."

"I was a guitar player first off."

Boz Scaggs, American Musician

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"It is of first-class importance that our answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx should be in step with how we conduct our civilisation, and this should in turn be in step with the actual workings of living systems."

"It is of first-class importance that our answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx should be in step with how we conduct our civilisation, and this should in turn be in step with the actual workings of living systems."

Gregory Bateson, British Scientist

First, Importance, Living

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"It's easier to make fun of a first lady than for a first lady to have fun. The scrutiny is ferocious."

"It's easier to make fun of a first lady than for a first lady to have fun. The scrutiny is ferocious."

Suzanne Fields, American Columnist

First, Fun, Lady

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"The first question which you will ask and which I must try to answer is this; What is the use of climbing Mount Everest? and my answer must at once be, it is no use. There is not the slightest prospect of any gain whatsoever."

"The first question which you will ask and which I must try to answer is this; What is the use of climbing Mount Everest? and my answer must at once be, it is no use. There is not the slightest prospect of any gain whatsoever."

George Leigh Mallory, British Celebrity

First, Gain, Question, Will

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"My first course came and I put down my book, and I just happened to put up my hand to scratch my head and discovered that my toupee had been blown by the wind and was folded over backwards on the top of my head!"

"My first course came and I put down my book, and I just happened to put up my hand to scratch my head and discovered that my toupee had been blown by the wind and was folded over backwards on the top of my head!"

Derek Jacobi, British Actor

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"The first movie that I saw was Godzilla and I loved it."

"The first movie that I saw was Godzilla and I loved it."

Pam Grier, American Actress

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"My first year of pro ball I played in the Northwest league and made the all-star team, and the next year I played I led the team in hitting and was third or fifth in the league."

"My first year of pro ball I played in the Northwest league and made the all-star team, and the next year I played I led the team in hitting and was third or fifth in the league."

Kurt Russell, American Actor

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